Robson is hoping he can show his Sunday best

SUNDAY will not be a day of rest for Newcastle No.1 Stuart Robson tomorrow – far from it!

SUNDAY will not be a day of rest for Newcastle No.1 Stuart Robson tomorrow – far from it!

Firstly, the Sunderland-born Diamonds’ ace represents Newcastle in the restaging of the Premier League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield in a meeting starting at 1pm.

A few hours later, when his last race is over, Robson will load up the bikes into his van and head for Byker to join the rest of the Diamonds as they race against Workington Comets in the first leg of the Knockout Cup semi-final, which is scheduled to begin at 7.30pm.

Robson will be cheered on by many Newcastle fans at Sheffield as he bids to win the Premier League’s individual crown before they too make the dash back to Tyneside for the next action.

The Newcastle promoters have made an extremely generous gesture to anyone wishing to take in both meetings.

They will be handing out vouchers at Sheffield which offer admission for just £5 for the evening match at Byker.

Co-promoter George English said, “We hope our offer may appeal to fans, particularly from other northern tracks heading home after Sheffield, who fancy seeing more top-class speedway from two of the Premier League’s leading sides.”

The Knockout Cup represents Newcastle’s last chance of winning some meaningful silverware this year after being knocked out of both the League Cup and the play-off race recently.

The Diamonds are naturally extremely keen to take as big a lead as possible to Derwent Park for next Saturday’s return leg but will not find it an easy task against a Comets’ side boasting three riders with averages of over eight points a match.

Richard Lawson and ex-Diamond Rene Bach, who also face the same hectic schedule as Robson tomorrow, are joined by back-from-injury Adam Roynon to provide a powerful spearhead.

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